Thank you. I finally got to the tail. One thing happened at the end. A message came that said it could not find 2 numbers. I looked at the numbers. There were 4 numbers missing. Does that mean anything? Sam
On 1/27/2013 6:34 AM, Ron Taylor wrote: > Carl and Brian gave a very good explanation. You are essentially trying to > get the head of the snake to reach the tail but for a time the snake keeps > growing. One very important thing to notice is that when the merge process > reaches those individuals which have been added to the stack, there will be > additional information shown in the top blue bar of the merge window to > indicate why those two people are being compared. When a merge is abandoned, > those people added to the stack may not be automatically found as duplicates. > That is a good reason to never abandon a merge in process but always finish > it. > > There is one other minor flaw in the merge routine that users should avoid. > Normally, if you close a merge the program will offer to continue it later > and that works except in one case. If you close a merge when the very last > set of possible duplicates is being displayed, you will not be able to return > to the merge and finish that last one. For example, if it shows 147 of 147 > and you click on close then later try to return to finish the merge, that > last one will not be presented. I hope the programmers eventually fix this > "end-of-sequence" logic error. > Ron Taylor > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
